Summary:
Thomas A. Scott writes Pennsylvania Governor Andrew Curtin in November, 1861, authorizing General McAllen to raise a regiment at Chambersburg.

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Governor CURTIN,
Harrisburg:

Washington City,

November 7, 1861.

Give Gen. McAllen authority to organize his regiment of infantry at Chambersburg; organize it as rapidly as possible.

THOMAS A. SCOTT.

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Bibliographic Information : Letter Reproduced from The War of The Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series 3, Volume 1, Serial No. 122, Pages 624, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.